Zonites algirus

Zonites algirus
shell of Zonites algirus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Zonitidae
Genus:	Zonites
Species:	Z. algirus
Binomial name
Zonites algirus (Linnaeus, 1758) [1]
Synonyms
Helix algiraLinnaeus, 1758 Zonites (Zonites) algirus(Linnaeus, 1758) Zonites anthesiKobelt, 1903 junior subjective synonym Zonites cytheraeE. von Martens, 1891 (junior synonym)

Zonites algirus is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Zonitidae. ^[2]

Distribution

Distribution

This species occurs in Turkey, ^[3] southern France and other areas.

References

1. Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. - pp. [1-4], 1-824. Holmiae. (Salvius).
2. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Zonites algirus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1002911 on 2023-11-28
3. Örstan A. (2003). "The rediscovery of Zonites algirus in İstanbul, Turkey (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Zonitidae)". Zoology in the Middle East29: 75-78. Summary at "I collected at this station with my friend Teri Varnali". Archived from the original on July 20, 2008. Retrieved August 26, 2008.

• Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16, 2017
• Riedel, A. (1995). Zonitidae sensu lato (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora) der Türkei. Übersicht der Arten. Fragmenta Faunistica, 38 (1): 1-86. Warszawa

External links

• Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata
• Martens, E. von. (1891). Eine neue Art von Zonites von der Insel Cerigo. Sitzungs-Berichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin. 1891 (7): 148. Berlin
• Kobelt, W. (1903). Diagnosen neuer Arten. Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft. 35(5/6): 88-91. Frankfurt am Main
• Nevill, G. (1880). On the land-shells, extinct and living, of the neighbourhood of Menton (Alpes Maritimes); with descriptions of a new genus and of several new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1880: 94-142, Pls. 13, 14